Covering for interior walls



(No Model.)

T. W. BURGER.

GOVERING FOR INTERIOR WALLS. lvm-407,923. 'Patented July so, 1889.

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SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 407,923, dated July 30, 1889. Application filed September 2, 1887. Serial No. 248,593. (No model.)

To MZ whom, it may concern.-

Beit known that I, THEODORE IV. BURGER, of Dunellen, in the county of Middlesex and State of New Jersey, have invented an Improvement in Sheet Metal Coverings for lValls and Ceilings, of which the following is a specification. c

Sheet metal has been made use of as a covering for walls and ceilings, in which the entire surface of the sheet vmetal has been colored by a lacquer or varnish and rendered ornamental by embossing in imitation of hammered work. In other instances the sheet metal has been embossed and the raised portions colored by a roller applied to the surface after the embossing has been performed. In this last instance the ornamentation upon the surface is not regular, because the embossing operations leave the surface of the sheet metal whereit is embossed or raised more or less convex, and the coloring applied to the same has not a regular and definite outline.

My present invention relates to the sheet of metal in which the surface is covered by a lacquer or Varnish, and then ornamental designs in color are printed upon the same, and the sheet is embossed by dies to produce raised figures that harmonize with the designs or patterns in color upon the surface of the sheet, thus producing a beautiful artistic effect, and

the outlines of t-he designs or patterns are.

distinct and regular and are independent of the embossing, but are made more prominent by such embossing.

In the drawings, Figure l is a plan view of asheet of the improved metallic covering, and Fig. 2 is a cross-section of the same.

In carrying out my invention the surface of the sheet metal is first coated or covered with a lacquer or varnish, so as to produce the desired color, and after this the surface is printed upon in any suitable color, so as to produce ornamental figures or designs, and then the sheet is subjected to the action of dies or other suitable embossing-tools, by which such sheet isembossed with patterns or figures in the desired relief, such patterns or figures harmonizing with the previously-printed colors upon the surface of the sheet, so that the portions in color are either raised by the embossing or left to form the background, the uncolored portion being raised, and in some instances two colors may be made use of, or two shades of the same color, the one color forminga border to the other color, as illustrated in the drawings, wherein the plain portion a of the sheet has nothing but the transparentvarnish or lacquer and the portion a has upon it one color and the portion a3 lines or different colors or shades, and the raised portion a is represented as plain, as well as the portion a, which is not raised,

By this manner of preparing the sheet metal a great variety of ornaments can be producedin the sheet metal with but few operations. For instance the background may be printed upon the sheet metal and lines or figures by a second imprint, and by the embossing operation some portions that are left plain and only have the ordinary lacquer or varnish can be raised and will appear prominent, and other portions that are printed in colors may be raised at the same time, thereby producing marked contrasts and beautiful artistic effects.

I claim as my inventionl. The ornamental metallic sheet for walls or ceilings, having a varnished'or lacquered surface, and designs or patterns printed upon the same and embossed in figures harmonizing with the previously-printed designs, substantially as set forth.

2. The ornamental metallic sheet for walls or ceilings, having a surface lacquered or varnished and printed upon with designs or ornaments in two colors and embossed with patterns and figures harmonizing with the designs printed upon the surface of the sheet, substantially as set forth.

In testimony that I claim the foregoing I have hereunto set my hand this 27 th day of August, 1887.

Tl-IEODORE IV. BURGER.

IVitnesses:

GEO. M. CLAPP, DANIEL J. GRAY. 

